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Lions of Lucerne by Brad Thor
Review by John J. Rust
The President of the United States is
kidnapped by a group of highly skilled mercenaries and it's up to Secret
Service Agent Scot Harvath to get POTUS back.
Way, way cool book. Harvath is a cool, capable dude. Ex-Navy SEAL,
ex-member of the U.S. Ski Team, with a "never quit" attitude. He steps
on toes, is dumped on by certain superiors and even gets framed for
murder. But Scotty's got a bug up his butt to find the President, and if
that means doing it alone, then so be it.
Lots of great action scenes. The beginning is most humbus mcjumbus.
Scott has to dig himself out of an avalanche with the President's
injured daughter, while the mercs carry out their extra-ordinary plan to
kidnap the Prez. Scot gets involved in a shoot-out in D.C., evades
assassins in Switzerland and has to climb one of the most harsh
mountains in the world to track down his quarry. The best thing is
Harvath is he's not a superman-type hero. Despite his ability and
attitude, he possesses the usual human worries and fears. And this guy
also gets more ****ed up than John McLaine did in DIE HARD. Hit by an
avalanche, shot, beat up, dumped into a freezing river.
Good story that moves well with plenty of good suspense. Thor's debut
novel is a winner!
John J. Rust is Sports Director/Sportscaster for "The
News" 1490 AM, Prescott, Arizona. His publishing credits include the
sci-fi novel
EPSILON (Xlibris),
features in Lighthouse Digest and True Crime Stories, and more
than 40 short stories and series on
Fanfiction.net.
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